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Decendants of WORTHY-1


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Descendants of WORTHY


Descendants of David Worthy


Generation No.1

1.  DAVID1 WORTHY  He married MARY MARTIN 18 June 1722 in South Wingfield.
	
Children of DAVID WORTHY and MARY MARTIN are:
	i.	SARAH2 WORTHY, d. 19 November 1729, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
2.	ii.	THOMAS WORTHY, b. 18 August 1734, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	    d. 21 January 1808, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
	iii.	REBECCA WORTHY, b. 27 February 1735/36.

More About REBECCA WORTHY:
Born (2): IGI - Wirksworth


Generation No.2

2.  THOMAS2 WORTHY (DAVID1) was born 18 August 1734 in Bonsall, Derbyshire, 
and died 21 January 1808 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
He married HANNAH KIDDY 21 November 1757 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
She died 6 November 1809.

More About THOMAS WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall
	
Children of THOMAS WORTHY and HANNAH KIDDY are:
	i.	SARAH3 WORTHY, b. 2 April 1758, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   m. WILLIAM CHADWICK, 22 October 1783, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
	ii.	THOMAS WORTHY, b. 3 February 1760.
3.	iii.	JOB WORTHY, b. 11 April 1762, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 10 July 1843, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
	iv.	HANNAH WORTHY, b. 26 August 1764.
	v.	MARY WORTHY, b. 1 January 1766, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 24 April 1768, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About MARY WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Records
Died (2): Parish Records

	vi.	DOROTHY WORTHY, b. 28 January 1770, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 17 August 1773, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About DOROTHY WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	vii.	MARY WORTHY, b. 25 December 1772; 
	    m. GEORGE BUNTING, 29 June 1794, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About MARY WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	viii.	ELIZABETH WORTHY, b. 23 July 1775, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	     d. 26 December 1779, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About ELIZABETH WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	ix.	HANNAH WORTHY, b. 27 July 1777.

More About HANNAH WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall


Generation No.3

3.  JOB3 WORTHY (THOMAS2, DAVID1) was born 11 April 1762 in Bonsall, 
Derbyshire, and died 10 July 1843 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
He married MARY WHITE 23 October 1783 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
She was born 1761, and died 13 May 1827.

More About JOB WORTHY:
Born (2): Birth in Parish records & Irene
Died (2): Death - PR " aged 86"
	
Children of JOB WORTHY and MARY WHITE are:
4.	i.	JOB4 WORTHY, b. 9 May 1790, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. Aft. 1861.
	ii.	GEORGE WORTHY, b. 19 August 1792, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 26 September 1793, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About GEORGE WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	iii.	MARY WORTHY, b. 14 September 1794, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	    d. 28 November 1851, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About MARY WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall
Died (2): Parish Records - Bonsall "Aged 55"

	iv.	ELIZABETH WORTHY, b. 20 April 1788, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	    d. 12 September 1789, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About ELIZABETH WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall


Generation No.4

4.  JOB4 WORTHY (JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) was born 9 May 1790 in Bonsall, 
Derbyshire, and died Aft. 1861.  
He married (1) SARAH GRATTON 26 December 1814 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
She died 22 February 1816.  
He married (2) MARY GRATTON 28 December 1818.  She was born 1801.

Notes for JOB WORTHY:
He was aged 50 in 1841 Census.
No mention of him in 1851 census.
1861 census shows him as 70.

More About JOB WORTHY:
Born (2): Birth from Parish records

More About SARAH GRATTON:
Born (2): Death from Parish Records & Irene
	
Child of JOB WORTHY and SARAH GRATTON is:
5.	i.	JAMES5 WORTHY, b. 11 February 1816, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 25 May 1903, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
	
Children of JOB WORTHY and MARY GRATTON are:
	ii.	JOB5 WORTHY, b. 1821, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 10 October 1841, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About JOB WORTHY:
Born (2): death in Parish record - Bonsall aged 21

	iii.	JOHN WORTHY, b. 1826.
	iv.	SAMUAL WORTHY, b. 1826.
	v.	THOMAS WORTHY, b. 1826.
	vi.	SARAH WORTHY, b. 1831; d. 22 April 1845, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About SARAH WORTHY:
Died (2): Parish Records - Bonsall "Aged 14"

	vii.	WILLIAM WORTHY, b. Abt. 1828, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 17 July 1845, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About WILLIAM WORTHY:
Born (2): death from Parish Records aged 17

	viii.	MARY WORTHY, b. 1836.


Generation No.5

5.  JAMES5 WORTHY (JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) was born 11 February 1816 
in Bonsall, Derbyshire, and died 25 May 1903 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
He married ESTHER FERN 8 April 1838.  

More About JAMES WORTHY:
Born (2): Birth from IGI
Died (2): Marriage from IGI
Fact 4: Will
	
Children of JAMES WORTHY and ESTHER FERN are:
6.	i.	JAMES6 WORTHY, b. 2 July 1839.
	ii.	SARAH WORTHY, b. 29 December 1841.

More About SARAH WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	iii.	MARTHA WORTHY, b. 16 January 1843, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	    m. JOSEPH PRINCE, 12 September 1870, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About MARTHA WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall

	iv.	ANN WORTHY, b. 14 July 1846.

Notes for ANN WORTHY:
1851 Census - Scholar
1861 Census - Cotton worker

Date of birth based on 1841 census - no entry
                                     1851 census - age 11 (!)
                                     1861 census - age 14


More About ANN WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Register - christened with all her sisters on 23/7/1848

7.	v.	WILLIAM WORTHY, b. 10 April 1849, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 5 May 1896, Bonsall, Derbyshire.
	vi.	SAMUAL WORTHY, b. 1859.


Generation No.6

6.  JAMES6 WORTHY (JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) was born 2 July 1839.
He married ESTHER GRATTON 16 November 1862 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  

More About JAMES WORTHY:
Born (2): Parish Record - Bonsall
	
Children of JAMES WORTHY and ESTHER GRATTON are:
	i.	WILLIAM7 WORTHY, b. 30 March 1873, Bonsall, Derbyshire.

More About WILLIAM WORTHY:
Born (2): IGI - Bonsall
Occupation: Fought in the Boer War

	ii.	FRANK WORTHY.


7.  WILLIAM6 WORTHY (JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born 10 April 1849 in Bonsall, Derbyshire, and 
died 5 May 1896 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
He married MARY ANN ROLLEY 20 May 1875 in Bonsall, Derbyshire.  
She was born Abt. 1850.

More About WILLIAM WORTHY:
Born (2): Birth Certificate
Died (2): Death Certificate
Fact 4: Will
Occupation: Railway Labourer
	
Children of WILLIAM WORTHY and MARY ROLLEY are:
8.	i.	SAMUAL7 WORTHY.
	ii.	SARAH WORTHY.

Notes for SARAH WORTHY:
Known to my father and I as 'Great Aunt Sarah'.  My father took me to see 
her when I was quite young but I can't remember anything about her.

I believed that she was buried in Bonsall but when we visited the graveyard 
in the summer of 1996 I could not find a gravestone.

9.	iii.	JAMES WORTHY, b. 1887; d. 1966.
	iv.	ELIZABETH WORTHY, b. 7 September 1889, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 1891.
10.	v.	JOHN WORTHY, b. 7 September 1889, Bonsall, Derbyshire; 
	   d. 1951, Derby, Derbyshire.


Generation No.7

8.  SAMUAL7 WORTHY (WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1)  
He married ANNIE.  

More About SAMUAL WORTHY:
Occupation: Miner
	
Children of SAMUAL WORTHY and ANNIE are:
	i.	SAMUAL8 WORTHY, m. IVY HARRISON.

More About SAMUAL WORTHY:
Born (2): Eldridd

More About IVY HARRISON:
Born (2): Eldridd

	ii.	MAY WORTHY.

More About MAY WORTHY:
Born (2): Eldridd


9.  JAMES7 WORTHY (WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born 1887, and died 1966.  He married ELLEN MARIA HOLLAND.  
She was born 1879, and died 1966.

More About JAMES WORTHY:
Occupation: Worked in cotton mill
	
Children of JAMES WORTHY and ELLEN HOLLAND are:
	i.	WILLIAM HENRY8 WORTHY, b. 1905; m. (1) ALICE LEAF; 
	   m. (2) AMEY GRATTON.
	ii.	ELLEN WORTHY, b. 1908; m. CYRIL.
	iii.	MURIAL WORTHY, b. 1906.
	iv.	JAMES WORTHY, b. 1910; d. 10 June 1955.
	v.	ELDRIDD WORTHY, b. 1919.


10.  JOHN7 WORTHY (WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born 7 September 1889 in Bonsall, Derbyshire, and 
died 1951 in Derby, Derbyshire.  He married ELIZABETH DAWES.  
She died in Parkstone, Poole.

More About JOHN WORTHY:
Occupation: Soldier

More About ELIZABETH DAWES:
Died (2): Buried with husband in Derby cemetry
	
Children of JOHN WORTHY and ELIZABETH DAWES are:
11.	i.	STANLEY RAYMOND8 WORTHY, b. Derby, Derbyshire; 
	   d. Camborne, Cornwall.
12.	ii.	CLIFF WORTHY, b. 1926.


Generation No.8

11.  STANLEY RAYMOND8 WORTHY 
(JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born in Derby, Derbyshire, and died in Camborne, Cornwall.  
He married BETTY RICKUS, daughter of RICHARD RICKUS and ANNIE STEPHENSON.
She was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and died in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.
	
Child of STANLEY WORTHY and BETTY RICKUS is:
13.	i.	MARTIN JOHN RICKUS9 WORTHY, b. 9 January 1949, Camborne, Cornwall.


12.  CLIFF8 WORTHY (JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born 1926.  He married ALMA HILL.  She was born 1929.
	
Children of CLIFF WORTHY and ALMA HILL are:
14.	i.	DAVID9 WORTHY, b. Abt. 1951.
15.	ii.	NORMAN WORTHY, b. Abt. 1954.
	iii.	KENNETH WORTHY, b. Abt. 1961; m. ELIZABETH.


Generation No.9

13.  MARTIN JOHN RICKUS9 WORTHY 
(STANLEY RAYMOND8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born 9 January 1949 in Camborne, Cornwall.  
He married CAROLYN BARBARA HOUSE 22 July 1978 in Canford Magna, Dorset, 
daughter of LESLIE HOUSE and BERYL JOYCE.  
She was born 11 December 1956 in Wimborne, Dorset.
	
Children of MARTIN WORTHY and CAROLYN HOUSE are:
	i.	RICHARD JOHN10 WORTHY, b. 22 June 1984.
	ii.	DAVID ROBERT WORTHY, b. 23 July 1987.


14.  DAVID9 WORTHY 
(CLIFF8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born Abt. 1951.
	
Child of DAVID WORTHY is:
	i.	SAND10 WORTHY.


15.  NORMAN9 WORTHY 
(CLIFF8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JAMES5, JOB4, JOB3, THOMAS2, DAVID1) 
was born Abt. 1954.  He married (1) MARY.    He married (2) BETTY.  
	
Child of NORMAN WORTHY and MARY is:
	i.	GARETH10 WORTHY.

	
Children of NORMAN WORTHY and BETTY are:
	ii.	ERIC10 WORTHY.
	iii.	HEATHER WORTHY.
	iv.	JOCELYN WORTHY.

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